CAS Newsletter

April 6 and 7 mark UTD's sixth annual day of giving! With more groups now than ever before, there is sure to be an area of campus to support for everyone. COMETogether and help UT Dallas discover new dimensions of inquiry, innovation and creativity!

If you've enjoyed the programs that the CAS has brought over the past few years and would like to support the center in our mission, which includes:

• sponsoring education, research and public outreach programs
• serving as a catalyst for collaboration across disciplines, areas of study, academic approaches, and modes of creative practice
• increasing the resources and opportunities for faculty members and students engaged in Asian Studies
  

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On March 24, the anticipated Rare Earth exhibition was opened for a private reception in the Crow Museum of Asian Art of the University of Texas at Dallas. Following the exhibit viewing was a panel discussion with (from left to right) Amy Lewis Hofland, Dr. Jacqueline Chao, Dr. Dennis Kratz, Dr. Rob Lavinsky, and Dr. Robert Stern.

The Rare Earth exhibition explores the different ways that Chinese and Western cultures have celebrated the beauty found in, and created from, natural stones. Reflecting the educational mission of The University of Texas at Dallas to unite scientific and artistic thinking, this exhibition pairs works of Chinese art from the Crow Museum’s permanent collection with connoisseur-level samples of raw minerals from China. It uniquely displays these natural and reshaped minerals in contexts that invite multiple, interrelated responses: to appreciate their beauty, ponder their cultural significance, and be inspired to understand the natural forces that created them. As science can enhance our appreciation of beauty, perhaps beauty can lead us to study the wonders beneath the earth as well as in the heavens.

Exhibition open from March 26, 2022 to February 26, 2023

This exhibition is co-organized by the Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas and the Center for Asian Studies of The University of Texas at Dallas, in partnership with the UT Dallas Department of Geosciences and the Dr. Robert Lavinsky Mineral Collection.

Photos courtesy of Samuel Hsu Photography

Become a Gong Fu Panda!

2022 UTD Chinese Language and Culture Summer Camp.

June 13 – June 30, 2022. Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Spots are very limited and are on a first come, first served basis. Official registration is now open, so please use the button below to secure a spot for your child(ren):

For more information and help with the registration system, visit the Camp page on the Center for Asian Studies at UTD website:

For any questions you may have, please contact the Center for Asian Studies Camp Director by phone (972) 883-4860, or by email at asianstudies@utdallas.edu

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